“ULS, from the Earth to the Universe” seeks to be a space in which scientific knowledge can be delivered to the community in an entertaining format and in a language that is suitable for audiences far from the world of research.

This week a new scientific outreach program began to be broadcast on ULS University Radio in the Coquimbo Region, coordinated and hosted by Dr. Marcela Gatica Andrades, coordinator of the Scientific Communication Nucleus of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of La Serena.

This program, which is called “ULS, from the Earth to the Universe”, seeks to be a space in which scientific knowledge can be delivered to the community in a pleasant format and in a language that is suitable for audiences far from the world of science. investigation.

The program is broadcast every Tuesday and Thursday at 8 AM on University Radio 94.5 FM, and includes conversations with researchers from various areas, especially from the ULS Faculty of Sciences. The first programs dealt with topics as diverse as Dark Matter and the increase in HIV-AIDS cases that Chile has had recently.

Once broadcast, the programs are available to be listened to online and shared from the program page, which can now be reviewed here. 

Source: Faculty of Sciences

The aim is to educate citizens from a scientific point of view and make visible the research generated in the institution, as well as the training programs for specialists on topics relevant to the territory.

Disseminating and sharing the knowledge generated in the institution to the educational communities and regional citizens, through dissemination and dissemination formats with an educational focus, is one of the functions of the new Office of Dissemination and Dissemination of Science and Technology, dependent on the Vice-Rector's Office for Research and Postgraduate Studies of the University of La Serena.

"This new Office is in charge of organizing the activities for the dissemination and dissemination of science and technology within our Vice-Rector's Office, without prejudice to all those tasks and responsibilities of the different academic units in these matters," explained the Vice-Rector of Research and Postgraduate, Dr. Eduardo Notte, regarding the new Office.

This instance, whose Coordinator is Mg. Alejandra Leyton, will interact with the faculties and their academic units, the Research and Development Directorate, the Postgraduate and Postgraduate Directorate and the Multidisciplinary Research Institute in Science and Technology to disseminate and disseminate science and technology to citizens, in order to educate citizens from a scientific point of view and make visible the research generated in the institution, as well as the training programs for specialists on topics relevant to the territory.

In addition, you will have information on the dissemination and dissemination activities carried out by the Office, in accordance with the registration, monitoring and evaluation mechanisms established by the University for the area of ​​​​liaison with the environment and extension.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM THE ACADEMIC VICE-RECTOR'S OFFICE

La Serena, December 17, 2019.

Dear ULS Community:

Along with greeting, I would like to inform you of what was agreed by the Academic Council in its Extraordinary Session No. 12, held yesterday, Monday, December 16, in relation to the end of the Second Academic Semester 2019.

As is known, teaching activities have not been carried out due to the student strike, which has been associated with the national mobilization of the last two months.

However, based on the interest that the FEULS has expressed in implementing a termination mechanism that allows the current semester to be completed in an adequate and sufficient manner, which is also based on the recommendations of the CONFECH, added to the interest of the Teaching Committee , made up of the School Directors and/or Career Coordinators, and the Academic Council to resolve this situation that negatively impacts not only the students but the Institution itself, the form of termination of the second was approved after extensive discussion. semester 2019, which was announced by the FEULS to the respective student bases, who today, Tuesday the 17th, confirmed their approval of the following provisions:

1. In the month of December 2019, academics will prepare materials/readings/documents on the Moodle/PTDI platform, in addition to the work that has been carried out during mobilization time. This period will not be considered as teaching, since it is an exclusive job for teachers.

To ensure that said material is reviewed by students, it will remain on the platform until the end of the Second Semester 2019. It is suggested, for example: the resolution of exercises, guides, projects, preparation of reports, etc. This can be evaluated when in-person work with students is assumed.

2. Regarding the month of January, the 3 weeks will be considered to constitute work non-face-to-face/autonomous student, from January 06 to 24, 2020. This means that There will be no evaluations in the month of January, until the second week of March 2020.

3. A minimum of 2 partial evaluations per subject will be required.

4. No evaluations will be carried out the first week of MarchThat is, it will only be allowed to apply evaluations from the second week onwards. In the case of subjects that, having delivered content in the first weeks of classes of the second semester of 2019 and where only the evaluation remained, these can be carried out in the second week of March.

5. In this special period and form of completion of the second semester of 2019, failures in subjects will not be considered a cause for the elimination of students according to the Study Regime Regulations.

6. Practices and degree exams may be carried out based on these agreements in force from tomorrow, Wednesday, December 18, 2019.

7. Non-attendance in the second semester of 2019 will not be decisive for taking the exam, however, The maximum presence is expected in the months of March and April 2020. In the case of laboratories, practical workshops, etc., that have considered high face-to-face requirements, The criteria established in the Careers or Schools themselves will be maintained.

8.Recommendations:

a) Students and academics are requested to have greater understanding regarding the agreements reached in the Academic Council on December 16, 2019, to achieve the end of the second semester 2019.

b) School Directors and Career Coordinators are requested to attend to the special needs of students who are not able to access the Internet.

c) It is expected that the student body requests the smallest number of protected schedules, with the purpose of complying with the calendar defined for this special situation.

In order to faithfully comply with these provisions, the entire University Community is requested especially to the Deanships and Directorates of Departments, give wide dissemination to these agreements with which teaching activities are resumed at the University of La Serena according to the detail set forth above. Likewise, it is required to carry out a monitoring work so that these measures are fulfilled as defined.

Greetings with special attention,

Dr. Alejandra Torrejón Vergara

Academic Vice Chancellor

The activity included the participation of the new Seremi de Ciencia, Dr. María José Escobar, as well as academics from the university.

The discussion “Equity and Gender in Research” was held in the INIA Intihuasi auditorium, organized by the Vice-Rector for Research and Postgraduate Studies of the University of La Serena, with the aim of generating a space for dialogue and reflection on the space. that women have within science.

The activity featured presentations by the Ministerial Regional Secretary of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation of the Central Macrozone, Dr. María José Escobar, together with the academic and Director of the ULS Master's Program in Astronomy, Dr. Rodolfo Barbá, the academic and representative to the CRUCH of the Equity and Gender Committee of the University of La Serena, Dr. Desireé López de Maturana, who also participated in a conversation panel.

“We understand that science is not a space that stands out for having gender equality, however, it is an area that has been improving over time. That is why we seek to create this space, where we can discuss it and open the doors of science to more women,” indicated the Vice-Rector for Research and Postgraduate Studies, Dr. Eduardo Notte.

For her part, the Seremi of Science, Dr. María José Escobar, referred to the importance of this type of activities, where they talk about a topic that is so relevant today. "We are here today to talk about gender, we need these issues to be established between women and men in order to generate social change, and spaces like this are important when it comes to carrying out these changes."

Written by Tomás Rodríguez, DirCom

The document corresponds to the second edition of the collection of teaching notebooks for the initial training of teachers launched by the Integrated Management Unit of Pedagogies (UGIP).

One of the main purposes established by the Institutional Improvement Plan for Pedagogies (PMI FIP ULS1501) is to strengthen and improve the educational quality of teachers in training. This has been developed through different actions carried out by the UGIP, among which is the creation of didactic notebooks.

The first was presented in August 2019, titled “Evaluation of learning outcomes in a renewed curriculum”, which provides various conceptual and methodological tools that teachers can use in the field of learning evaluation.

This second edition was announced at the Annual Conference of Practice Supervisors and Coordinators, with the objective of providing various guidelines to academics who are in charge of accompanying and supervising these processes in their various pedagogy careers.

“For some time now the UGIP has collected certain requirements regarding the practical area that relate to how we position and articulate the line in the renewed plan of pedagogy careers. Therefore, the idea of ​​these meetings is that we can jointly define aspects related to the work of internships and, especially, stop to reflect on the real needs we have in terms of practical training," said the academic coordinator of the UGIP. , Dr. Sandra Álvarez.

On the occasion, the main guidelines addressed by the document were outlined, which range from initial practice (1st and 5th semester), intermediate practice (6th and 9th semester) and up to professional practice (10th semester), the basis considered for all pedagogy career of the house of studies.

“As a University we are advancing an important milestone in all our pedagogy careers, which is the renewal of the curriculum and its training plan. Therefore, the manual is aimed at providing suggestions in an area that is vital in the training of students,” explained the internship coordinator, Dr. María Cecilia Ramos.

The manual will be available at the UGIP and it is expected to be distributed to all teams of coordinators and supervisors of the eleven ULS pedagogy courses.

Written by Daniela Ledezma, UGIP

There are 6 workshops offered to the students of the higher education institution.

In order to provide support to the students of the University of La Serena, the team of the Support Program for Permanence, Performance, Leveling and Comprehensive Development of first- and second-year students (APRENDE ULS), has held various workshops with themes relevant to the current situation in the country.

In order to generate permanent support for the students, various support actions have been designed, ranging from the individual line with 2 workshops called: “Emotional Containment” and “Accompaniment in Crisis Scenarios”, and in the line group with 6 workshops ranging from orientation to exploring communication dynamics to the delivery and development of support and containment tools, among others.

Barbara Mejias, Psychoeducational Manager APRENDE ULS, explained the reason for offering these workshops. “Our program aims to provide accompaniment and support to our students and in this line as a program we could not remain oblivious to the reality we are experiencing. For this reason, I invite all students who feel affected, afflicted and need to be heard or want to learn about the topics we are offering, request workshops or individual attention and come to our offices, we will be waiting for you with open arms."

To date, there are 4 majors that have requested workshops within the institution: Pedagogy in English, with the “University Coexistence” workshop, whose objective was to collect the main critical nodes to improve and maintain in the dynamics of the major in relation to university coexistence; and Kinesiology, with the workshop “Psychological and Social States in Times of Crisis”, focused on the delivery of key technical concepts for understanding the crisis as a social phenomenon.

Also the courses of Pedagogy in Musical Education and Bachelor of Music, with the workshop “Psychological First Aid”, oriented towards the general guidelines of crisis interventions, in the first instance, in helping people who are in a crisis situation.

For Monserrat Venegas, a Bachelor of Music student, the workshop had great significance and she argued: “I liked it a lot, since it gave us the opportunity to realize that the resources and tools are at our disposal and they are within us and around us. nearby; That it is not something inaccessible, but depends on each person, and I value this a lot. In addition, they provided tools to be autonomous and independent in our actions and actions. I recommend that all students attend these instances since they provide students with opportunities to be independent, with a close discourse and without a pre-made guideline before the Current situation".

If you want to request some of the workshops offered by the APRENDE ULS program, visit the page http://aprendeuls.userena.cl/ for more information about this offer, and request them by email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Written by Daniel Aguayo, PACE ULS Program